Saturday, July 18, 2009

From what I remember Aerosmith did the original "Mama Kin," although I could be wrong. But I like the Guns'n'Roses version a LOT better.On the other hand, I like Aerosmith's "Come Together" much more than the Beatles original. But then, I like most Beatles covers better than the original records. Motley Crue's "Helter Skelter" is another. (I also liked MC's version of that song better than Aerosmith's.)Speaking of the Crue...My work buddy who's a big metal fan from way back when told me Motley Crue did a cover of the Sex Pistols tune "Anarchy in the U.K." I haven't heard their version of it (or the original), but I have heard Megadeth's cover and really like it. The Megadeth records on which Dave Mustaine spoke instead of sang (ex.: "Sweating Bullets") I wasn't a big fan of, but that song is an exception. "'Cause Iiiiii wanna beeee....anarchyyyy! It's the only way to be!" Oh, hell yeah.

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About Me

I am a very opinionated guy, Texan and quite proud of it. I lean toward the right politically but have a few libertarian tendencies that my conservative brothers and sisters might not agree with. I like guns, old country music and a lot of other things.

Essential Reading

False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity, the most important of the code, will respect the less important and arbitrary ones, which can be violated with ease and impunity, and which, if strictly obeyed, would put an end to personal liberty -- so dear to men, so dear to the enlightened legislator -- and subject innocent persons to all the vexations that the guilty alone ought to suffer? Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.-- Cesare Beccaria, in On Crimes And Punishments, later quoted by Thomas Jefferson

Echo

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.-- Alexander Hamilton